lǐ píng nǎo hǎi zhōng shā yì yǒng dòng ， dàn hěn kuài ， zhōu shēn sàn fà de qì xī biàn yǐn yú wú zōng 。
李平脑海中杀意涌动，但很快，周身散发的气息便隐于无踪。
Li Ping frowned as he thought, "If I were to crash into it head-on, even with the divine sword body, I would perish and my dao be destroyed." However, he quickly locked onto the trail of the Immortal Transmission's rainbow light. For some reason, that rainbow light did not slow down at all; instead, it accelerated further, heading straight towards the high wall.
zuò wéi dà qǐ shèng huáng ， zì shì yào zuò dào xǐ nù bù xíng yú sè 。
作为大启圣皇，自是要做到喜怒不形于色。
"Shouldn't they have slowed down?" Li Fan thought as he decided to follow closely behind. "After all this effort to summon these dao masters, they can't just let them die in vain."
jí biàn cǐ kè méi yǒu wài rén zài ， yì yào rú cǐ 。
即便此刻没有外人在，亦要如此。
Indeed, after a short distance, the rainbow light suddenly ignored the pull of the high wall and turned towards one of the world fragments. It was as if there was an even stronger force pulling it.
“ shōu huí xuán huáng tiān dào zhī lì ， bìng bú shì yí dìng yào jiāng tā men zhū shā 。”
“收回玄黄天道之力，并不是一定要将他们诛杀。”
Li Fan felt a sense of unease. "Is it Immortal Transmission?" He approached the location where the rainbow light had turned but did not follow it, instead continuing to fly deeper into the world fragment sea. Due to some influence from the Immortal Transmission's power, his speed gradually slowed down until he found a relatively stable point.
“ rú guǒ tā men zì yuàn jiāng lì liàng sòng huán ， wǒ yě bù yuàn duō zào shā niè 。 dàn tǎng ruò ……”
“如果他们自愿将力量送还，我也不愿多造杀孽。但倘若……”
However, Li Ping knew that this stability was temporary. As soon as the suspected Immortal Transmission's power disappeared, he would be drawn back towards the high wall uncontrollably.
lǐ píng xīn zhōng yī piàn bīng lěng 。
李平心中一片冰冷。
Li Fan tried to hide in one of these world fragments but found no protection like in the Yellow and Black World. "It seems my time is short."
ruò mù 、 shí bǎn ， suī shuō dōu zhǐ shì jié rán yī shēn ， dàn tā men de zhàn lì ， yě jué duì xiāng dāng yú xiū shì de cháng shēng jìng 。 gēn tā men kāi zhàn ， zuò wéi gēn wàn xiān méng jué zhàn zhī qián de shì shǒu ， yě shì bù cuò de xuǎn zé 。
若木、石板，虽说都只是孑然一身，但他们的战力，也绝对相当于修士的长生境。跟他们开战，作为跟万仙盟决战之前的试手，也是不错的选择。
Suddenly, a presence vanished near where the Immortal Alliance rainbow light had originated. Without warning, the breaths of two more dao masters disappeared. Dao masters, even those artificially accelerated into dao masters, were still among the strongest beings at the Longevity Realm.
“ shī zi bó tù ， dāng yòng quán lì 。 wú yě bù néng xiǎo qù le tā men 。”
“狮子搏兔，当用全力。吾也不能小觑了他们。”
But in this dark void within the world fragment sea, they died silently without a struggle.
“ ruò mù shí lì ruò xiē ， jiù xiān cóng tā xià shǒu 。 hái yào bì kāi shí bǎn de ěr mù ……”
“若木实力弱些，就先从他下手。还要避开石板的耳目……”
"What's going on?" Li Fan wondered as he realized that all sixteen dao masters had been killed instantly.
yí gè jì huà yǐn yǐn zài shèng huáng xīn zhōng chéng xíng 。
一个计划隐隐在圣皇心中成型。
"Is it Immortal Transmission? After all this effort to bring them here, are they just meant to be slaughtered?"
dì mài gǔ shù ， zuò wéi ruò mù diē luò rén jiān de sān dà fēn zhī zhī yī ， shì bì huì gēn mǔ tǐ zhī jiān chǎn shēng tè dìng de guān lián 。
地脉古树，作为若木跌落人间的三大分支之一，势必会跟母体之间产生特定的关联。
Despite his shock and confusion, the speed of the dao masters' deaths did not slow down. In a blink, all sixteen were dead.
zì cóng bèi xiū shì zhòng chuāng zhī hòu ， ruò mù biàn fēng fēng diān diān ， bù xiǎn shì jiān 。
自从被修士重创之后，若木便疯疯癫癫，不显世间。
"If I die here, will my dao be returned to heaven?" Li Fan thought.
huò xǔ kě yǐ tōng guò dì mài gǔ shù ， xiān suǒ dìng ruò mù de zhēn zhèng cáng shēn suǒ zài 。 ér hòu zài xuē ruò tā de lì liàng 。
或许可以通过地脉古树，先锁定若木的真正藏身所在。而后再削弱他的力量。
"Wait, return to heaven…" He suddenly realized something and quickly focused on where the rainbow light had disappeared.
xīn zhōng yī dòng ， bù duō shí ， wáng xuán bà biàn lái dào le shèng huáng zuò zhōng 。
心中一动，不多时，王玄霸便来到了圣皇座中。
Although the life essence of the dao masters was gone, the power of the laws of nature still lingered there. It gradually weakened like ice melting in water.
xuán huáng è niàn bèi lǐ píng wán quán tūn shì ， tā zì rán yě méi yǒu bì yào yì zhí dài zài fēng yìn xiǎo shì jiè de shān diān 。
玄黄恶念被李平完全吞噬，他自然也没有必要一直待在封印小世界的山巅。
"This… " Li Fan felt a shock as he understood what had just happened.
qián bù jiǔ dé dào shèng huáng de chuán yīn zhī hòu ， biàn yǐ jīng fǎn huí le shèng jīng chéng 。
前不久得到圣皇的传音之后，便已经返回了圣京城。
The world fragment sea suddenly became stable again for some reason. This further confirmed his judgment.
ér lǐ píng tū pò shí hòu de nà chǎng tiān jiàng ēn zé ， yě yīn wèi yǒu fēn shēn zi tǐ zài xiǎo shì jiè de yuán gù ， tóng yàng xiǎng shòu dào le yì diǎn 。
而李平突破时候的那场天降恩泽，也因为有分身子体在小世界的缘故，同样享受到了一点。
"Is it using the dao masters' essence to repair the world fragment wall?" Li Fan was both shocked and angry.
cǐ kè wáng xuán bà de jìng jiè yǐ jīng dá dào yǐn yǐn kuài yào dá dào yuán yīng diān fēng ， jù lí huà shén yě bù yuǎn le 。
此刻王玄霸的境界已经达到隐隐快要达到元婴巅峰，距离化神也不远了。
"Why go through all this trouble just to patch up the wall?"
bù guò ， wáng xuán bà de shí lì ， gèng duō de tǐ xiàn zài zhǒng zhǒng yì shòu de néng lì shàng 。 jìng jiè duì tā lái shuō ， qí shí yě bù zěn me zhòng yào 。
不过，王玄霸的实力，更多的体现在种种异兽的能力上。境界对他来说，其实也不怎么重要。
He felt absurd, but as the world fragment wall stabilized and the pull of the high wall weakened, he had no choice but to believe. Although he wanted to rush to see what happened at the location where the rainbow light disappeared, Li Ping was not yet ready to face Immortal Transmission.
“ dào yī chóng ， yǒu zhǒng néng gòu qīn shí líng mù de biàn yì tǐ 。 nǐ xiān péi yǎng yī xiē chū lái ， wǒ bù jiǔ hòu yǒu dà yòng 。”
“道一虫，有种能够侵蚀灵木的变异体。你先培养一些出来，我不久后有大用。”
His divine body was formed from the dao of swords in the Yellow and Black World, so rushing there would likely end up like those sixteen dao masters—repairing the world fragment wall. Although he did not fear death, such a death would be too humiliating.
wáng xuán bà diǎn tóu lǐng mìng 。
王玄霸点头领命。
"The great upheaval in the Yellow and Black World stems from the high wall's pull."
……
……
"Based on what I see now, this pull has somehow reached a delicate balance with the world fragment wall. Normally, it wouldn't spread to the Yellow and Black World."
zhèng dāng shèng huáng lǐ píng ， zhǔn bèi xiàng xuán huáng jiè dì yī cì xiǎn lù zhēng róng de shí hòu 。
正当圣皇李平，准备向玄黄界第一次显露峥嵘的时候。
"So, is it because external forces disrupted the balance of the world fragment wall that caused the sea-wide upheaval?"
yáo yuǎn de zhì àn xīng hǎi bǐ duān ， xuán xiān zhōu zhī wài ， shèng tāi lǐ fán què shì yù dào le yī cháng wēi jī 。
遥远的至暗星海彼端，玄仙舟之外，圣胎李凡却是遇到了一场危机。
"…"
wēi xiǎn de yuán tóu bìng fēi lái zì xīng kōng zhōng cán cún de zhēn xiān zhī lì ， yì huò zhě shì bù zhī míng de xiū shì 。
危险的源头并非来自星空中残存的真仙之力，亦或者是不知名的修士。
"This vast expanse of ruined worlds should have remained in equilibrium."
ér shì tā suǒ shēn chù de zhè piàn yí wù zhī hǎi 。
而是他所身处的这片遗物之海。
Li Fan recalled his actions in the Yellow and Black World, where he had destroyed a world fragment. A new one was then added by what seemed to be Immortal Transmission.
jiù zài bù jiǔ qián ， yuán běn zhè piàn shí fēn wěn dìng de fèi xū ， bù zhī yīn hé yuán yīn ， jìng rán mò míng de wēi wēi zhèn dòng qǐ lái 。
就在不久前，原本这片十分稳定的废墟，不知因何原因，竟然莫名的微微震动起来。
"Could it be because of this that all these events unfolded?" Li Fan felt a sense of helplessness.
yí wù zhī hǎi de zhèn chàn hái zài qí cì ， gèng zhǔ yào de shì ， dāng zhè piàn lián mián fèi xū biàn dé bù zài shì xiàng yí gè běn tǐ zhī hòu ， xīng hǎi gēng shēn chù 、 lái zì gāo qiáng de xī lì ， què shì yù fā míng xiǎn le 。
遗物之海的震颤还在其次，更主要的是，当这片连绵废墟变得不再是像一个本体之后，星海更深处、来自高墙的吸力，却是愈发明显了。
"Is this what they call patching up one wall while breaking another?"
zài shèng tāi lǐ fán yǎn zhōng ， zhěng piàn xīng kōng jiù xiàng shì tū rán zhǎng cháo le ， bǎ wú shù jù jí zài yì qǐ de yí wù 、 xí juǎn zhe ， tuō zhuāi dào hǎi àn biān 。
在圣胎李凡眼中，整片星空就像是突然涨潮了，把无数聚集在一起的遗物、席卷着，拖拽到海岸边。
After some thought, he realized the possibility was high. "Considering the current situation, he really did turn around this disaster."
xuán xiān zhōu ， qǐ dòng le tè bié de yù àn 。
玄仙舟，启动了特别的预案。
Li Fan remained silent as he replayed the details of the event in his mind.
jí biàn xiān zhōu méi yǒu xiǎn xíng ， yī jiù cáng nì yú xū kōng zhī zhōng ， dàn shèng tāi lǐ fán réng rán kě yǐ qīng xī de gǎn shòu dào xiān zhōu de yí dòng 。
即便仙舟没有显形，依旧藏匿于虚空之中，但圣胎李凡仍然可以清晰的感受到仙舟的移动。
"There's still something strange about it."
bìng bú shì cháo zhe gù dìng de fāng xiàng qián jìn ， ér shì shǎn zhuǎn téng nuó bān 、 bù duàn biàn huàn fāng wèi 。
并不是朝着固定的方向前进，而是闪转腾挪般、不断变幻方位。
"Since the state of the world fragment wall can be easily disrupted, Immortal Transmission should have been more cautious when taking away world fragments. Acting without foresight is not like him."
rú tóng yī gēn bù tíng xuán zhuǎn de zhǐ nán zhēn ， jiāng lái zì gāo qiáng de xī lì gěi xiè chú 。
如同一根不停旋转的指南针，将来自高墙的吸力给卸除。
"Unless the mechanism of the world fragment wall is too complex for even Immortal Transmission to fully understand. Or…"
shèng tāi lǐ fán qǐ chū yě xiǎng zhe xué zhè zhǒng fāng fǎ ， dǐ yù gāo qiáng xī lì 。
圣胎李凡起初也想着学这种方法，抵御高墙吸力。
"The node in the Abyss is crucial for the Yellow and Black World's rebirth; it cannot be lost, even if it means disrupting the world fragment wall."
dàn què bìng bù xiàng kàn shàng qù de nà bān róng yì 。
但却并不像看上去的那般容易。
Li Fan's thoughts raced as he considered these possibilities.
“ xiān zhōu de xuán zhuǎn ， bìng fēi zhǐ shì yǐ zì jǐ shēn wèi jié diǎn ， ér shì yǐn yǐn gēn zhěng gè yí wù zhī hǎi lián jiē zài yì qǐ 。 jiè zhù zhè jìn hū wú qióng duō de yí wù ， cái kān kān duǒ guò 。”
“仙舟的旋转，并非只是以自己身为节点，而是隐隐跟整个遗物之海连接在一起。借助这近乎无穷多的遗物，才堪堪躲过。”
With his current conditions, he could not determine which was correct. However, he now knew that Immortal Transmission or Tianshi must be within this world fragment wall.
shèng tāi lǐ fán zhǐ gǎn jué yǒu gǔ lì liàng ， zài tuō zhuāi zhe zì jǐ de shēn tǐ 。
圣胎李凡只感觉有股力量，在拖拽着自己的身体。
Li Fan carefully concealed his presence and hid quietly. The energy here was chaotic enough to mask the small fluctuations in his breath.
zòng shǐ yù jiàn fǎn fāng xiàng fēi dùn ， yě shì yì diǎn yì diǎn de lún xiàn 。
纵使御剑反方向飞遁，也是一点一点的沦陷。
After waiting for over ten days until all warnings disappeared, Li Fan slowly flew towards where the rainbow light had disappeared. It took him a whole day to cover what would normally be a short distance.
yǎn kàn lí xuán xiān zhōu yuè lái yuè yuǎn ， jiù yào bèi cè tuō rù yí wù zhī hǎi shēn chù ， shèng tāi lǐ fán bù jīn shēng chū le qiáng chuǎng xiān zhōu bì nàn de xiǎng fǎ 。
眼看离玄仙舟越来越远，就要被策拖入遗物之海深处，圣胎李凡不禁生出了强闯仙舟避难的想法。
Once he confirmed no one followed, Li Fan began to examine this world fragment. It seemed indistinguishable from other fragments here.
zòng rán huì yíng lái yī fān kǔ zhàn ， què yě hǎo guò yíng tóu zhuàng xiàng nà wú xíng gāo qiáng 。
纵然会迎来一番苦战，却也好过迎头撞向那无形高墙。
But something familiar stirred in his heart. "What is it…"
jiù zài tā zhǔn bèi xíng dòng de shí hòu ， zhì àn xīng hǎi zhōng ， cóng xuán huáng jiè 、 xiān xū suǒ zài de fāng xiàng ， yī dào qī cǎi hóng guāng de liàng qǐ shà shí xī yǐn le tā de zhù yì 。
就在他准备行动的时候，至暗星海中，从玄黄界、仙墟所在的方向，一道七彩虹光的亮起霎时吸引了他的注意。
After some time, Li Fan realized.
xiān shì wēi wēi yī lèng ， hěn kuài tā jiù fǎn yìng guò lái ， nà shì wàn xiān méng yīng chuán fǎ zhēng zhào ér lái de shí liù míng hé dào xiū shì ！
先是微微一愣，很快他就反应过来，那是万仙盟应传法征召而来的十六名合道修士！
"Congyunhai…"
Li Ping frowned as he thought, "If I were to crash into it head-on, even with the divine sword body, I would perish and my dao be destroyed." However, he quickly locked onto the trail of the Immortal Transmission's rainbow light. For some reason, that rainbow light did not slow down at all; instead, it accelerated further, heading straight towards the high wall.
"Shouldn't they have slowed down?" Li Fan thought as he decided to follow closely behind. "After all this effort to summon these dao masters, they can't just let them die in vain."
Indeed, after a short distance, the rainbow light suddenly ignored the pull of the high wall and turned towards one of the world fragments. It was as if there was an even stronger force pulling it.
Li Fan felt a sense of unease. "Is it Immortal Transmission?" He approached the location where the rainbow light had turned but did not follow it, instead continuing to fly deeper into the world fragment sea. Due to some influence from the Immortal Transmission's power, his speed gradually slowed down until he found a relatively stable point.
However, Li Ping knew that this stability was temporary. As soon as the suspected Immortal Transmission's power disappeared, he would be drawn back towards the high wall uncontrollably.
Li Fan tried to hide in one of these world fragments but found no protection like in the Yellow and Black World. "It seems my time is short."
Suddenly, a presence vanished near where the Immortal Alliance rainbow light had originated. Without warning, the breaths of two more dao masters disappeared. Dao masters, even those artificially accelerated into dao masters, were still among the strongest beings at the Longevity Realm.
But in this dark void within the world fragment sea, they died silently without a struggle.
"What's going on?" Li Fan wondered as he realized that all sixteen dao masters had been killed instantly.
"Is it Immortal Transmission? After all this effort to bring them here, are they just meant to be slaughtered?"
Despite his shock and confusion, the speed of the dao masters' deaths did not slow down. In a blink, all sixteen were dead.
"If I die here, will my dao be returned to heaven?" Li Fan thought.
"Wait, return to heaven…" He suddenly realized something and quickly focused on where the rainbow light had disappeared.
Although the life essence of the dao masters was gone, the power of the laws of nature still lingered there. It gradually weakened like ice melting in water.
"This… " Li Fan felt a shock as he understood what had just happened.
The world fragment sea suddenly became stable again for some reason. This further confirmed his judgment.
"Is it using the dao masters' essence to repair the world fragment wall?" Li Fan was both shocked and angry.
"Why go through all this trouble just to patch up the wall?"
He felt absurd, but as the world fragment wall stabilized and the pull of the high wall weakened, he had no choice but to believe. Although he wanted to rush to see what happened at the location where the rainbow light disappeared, Li Ping was not yet ready to face Immortal Transmission.
His divine body was formed from the dao of swords in the Yellow and Black World, so rushing there would likely end up like those sixteen dao masters—repairing the world fragment wall. Although he did not fear death, such a death would be too humiliating.
"The great upheaval in the Yellow and Black World stems from the high wall's pull."
"Based on what I see now, this pull has somehow reached a delicate balance with the world fragment wall. Normally, it wouldn't spread to the Yellow and Black World."
"So, is it because external forces disrupted the balance of the world fragment wall that caused the sea-wide upheaval?"
"…"
"This vast expanse of ruined worlds should have remained in equilibrium."
Li Fan recalled his actions in the Yellow and Black World, where he had destroyed a world fragment. A new one was then added by what seemed to be Immortal Transmission.
"Could it be because of this that all these events unfolded?" Li Fan felt a sense of helplessness.
"Is this what they call patching up one wall while breaking another?"
After some thought, he realized the possibility was high. "Considering the current situation, he really did turn around this disaster."
Li Fan remained silent as he replayed the details of the event in his mind.
"There's still something strange about it."
"Since the state of the world fragment wall can be easily disrupted, Immortal Transmission should have been more cautious when taking away world fragments. Acting without foresight is not like him."
"Unless the mechanism of the world fragment wall is too complex for even Immortal Transmission to fully understand. Or…"
"The node in the Abyss is crucial for the Yellow and Black World's rebirth; it cannot be lost, even if it means disrupting the world fragment wall."
Li Fan's thoughts raced as he considered these possibilities.
With his current conditions, he could not determine which was correct. However, he now knew that Immortal Transmission or Tianshi must be within this world fragment wall.
Li Fan carefully concealed his presence and hid quietly. The energy here was chaotic enough to mask the small fluctuations in his breath.
After waiting for over ten days until all warnings disappeared, Li Fan slowly flew towards where the rainbow light had disappeared. It took him a whole day to cover what would normally be a short distance.
Once he confirmed no one followed, Li Fan began to examine this world fragment. It seemed indistinguishable from other fragments here.
But something familiar stirred in his heart. "What is it…"
After some time, Li Fan realized.
"Congyunhai…"